Pity" and "terror," these become crucial terms, the terms that Aristotle, in his Poetics, used to define tragedy.

遗憾或恐惧“,这是很关键的词，亚里士多德在《诗学》中用它，定义悲剧。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

The harm shouldn't be so serious that it elicits strong negative emotions like fear, grief or pity.

但这种伤害不会很严重,不会造成消极情绪，如恐惧，悲伤或怜悯。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

For by my glee might many men have laughed, And of my weeping something had been left, Which must die now. I mean the truth untold, The pity of war, the pity war distilled.

我的那些可能遭受人们讥笑嘲讽的快乐，那些早已被人们遗弃我却为之哭泣的人啊，如今你们都死去了吧，我想说的是那些依然被掩藏的事实，战争中被蒸馏掉的怜悯。

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I mean, it's a pity we can't kill people in experiments deliberately anymore, because we need to see how this works, but I can't do it.

我的意思是,很可惜我们不能在试验中故意杀人,只为了搞清其中的原理,我们不能那么做

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It's a pity that most everybody, or perhaps everybody, dies too soon.

这是一种遗憾，大多数人，也许是所有人都死得太早了。

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